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BENGALURU: Providing wildlife refuges even in the form of small protected areas in the increasingly urbanised landscape can help hoofed mammals, including blackbuck, survive, Indian researchers have found.

<p>Wildlife conservation in human-dominated landscapes requires that we understand how animals, when making habitat-use decisions, obtain diverse and dynamically occurring resources while avoiding risks,

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Great Indian Bustard, 15/12/2015. Financial assistance is also provided to the State Governments for protection of Great Indian Bustard habitats under the

Jaisalmer: Heavy rains in Jaisalmer and illegal farming, especially at Desert National Park (DNP) and other areas where Great Indian Bustard (GIB) roam freely, are creating problem for the newly born godawans

Setting Up Saw Mills, Industries May Soon Be Banned
Pune: Activities such as commercial mining and setting up saw mills, large hydroelectric projects and pollution-causing industries may soon be banned in the eco-sensitive zones around the main sanctuaries in the state, including the Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserve, Melghat tiger reserve and Sanjay Gandhi national park in Mumbai.

MUMBAI: The state government plans to denotify nearly 100 sq km of protected area (PA) that forms part of the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats. The privately-owned land, home to as many as

JAIPUR: The World Bank and the Union government will help the state government to set up the international-level training centre for forest staff and tiger conservationists in Jaipur district.
A meeting in this regard was held on Tuesday, attended by the officials of World Bank, state government and wildlife experts.
According to forest minister Ramlal Jat, "The centre would be conducting re

<p>Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) is highly dependent on traditional farming and traditional practices of grassland management. Habitat loss and habitat alterations are major threats identified for its decline and maintenance of its mosaic habitat is crucial for long term survival of the species.

In a bid to accelerate the conservation process of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) in Gujarat, the State Government is planning to convert about 3,000 hectares of revenue land, near the Bustard Sanctuary in Kutch district, into forest land but the issue is hanging fire pending approval.